The Millionaire Mindset

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MaGiC THinkinG: The key to success

Bob Proctor, my financial mentor, sat me down and shared how his mentor, Leland

Val Van de Wall, had influenced him. Bob was a fireman. Being a fireman is a secure job.

He was “set” for life if he wanted to be. As a fireman Bob was earning $4,000 per year, a

handsome sum back then. He didn’t have to work very hard, and he could never be fired (no

pun intended). Instead of being satisfied with that, Bob read a little book that was quickly

becoming a bestseller called Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

Bob took the book to heart, and studied it the way some people study the Bible,

and before too long, he convinced himself that he could achieve his higher income goals

by changing his thinking. He decided he would have in his possession the outrageous sum

of $25,000. Not only that, he also decided that he would quit his fireman’s job. People

thought he had flipped. No one quits the fire department. That was absurd! So was an ex-

fireman setting a goal to have $25,000 in the bank. Just to be on the safe side, Bob gave

himself ten years to acquire that worldly sum of money.

It didn’t take him ten years. In fact, he told me he went from being a fireman

making $4,000 a year to an entrepreneur earning $125,000 and he did it within twelve

months. He was so shocked with his results that he didn’t even know what had happened

to him. He wasn’t sure why he had experienced such enormous success. All he knew was

that he had followed the path laid out in that little book and he was winning.

Several years later he had the opportunity to meet the man who would become

his mentor, Leland Val Van de Wall. He approached Leland and explained his colossal

success and told him he didn’t know why it happened to him. Val sat him down and in

fifteen minutes explained the secrets of the “StickPerson.” This simple concept, which I will

explain shortly, was developed in the 1930s by Dr. Thruman Fleet. It explained succinctly

why Bob had experienced such success.

When Bob explained Dr. Fleet’s “stick person” concept to me I wasn’t experiencing

very much financial success, but when I caught the concept, when I grasped the power of

this simple little diagram, my life (and bank account) grew like crazy. This allowed me to

boost my income to over $1,000,000 in the early 1990s.

Mind is not a “Thing”

Mind is an activity

Mind is an image-maker

Mind operates by law